"The Lady of the Lake was originally just a local legend, just like the complicated legend of Midhill Castle where a big event happened last month."
The old man paused, apparently remembering that at the beginning of autumn, Shade had asked him to find information about Middlesbrough:
"But since this summer, there have been many incidents in Huntington City, where many citizens claimed to have encountered the 'Lady of the Lake' outside the city. This has attracted the attention of the Orthodox Church, but after several investigations, nothing has been found. The Hermitage has some records of local events, and there is clear evidence that a saint did descend near Huntington City in the early Fifth Era."
“A saint has descended there too?”
Shad asked in surprise while holding Mia in his arms. The cat was looking at the marine fish specimens hanging on the wall.
"Isn't that something similar you're looking for?"
Mr. Edmund asked curiously, and then concluded:
"If you have a way to get to that city, you can go outside the city and take a look. Because it is close to the Pantanal Swamp, there are many lakes outside Huntington. If you are lucky, you may be able to see the so-called 'Lady of the Lake'. According to contemporary rumors, some people have obtained extraordinary wisdom and a powerful sword from that goddess. I think if she really exists, then she may be able to fulfill your wish."
"Although her name is 'Goddess', I guess she's not a truly great one, right?"
Hearing Xia De's question, the old man snorted:
"If it really is a god, you will be in trouble."
This is true. After all, except for the five righteous gods, all the gods that exist in the Sixth Era are actually evil gods.
Since he had acquired three new special coins and obtained information related to the fragments of the poem, after returning to Tobesk from Coldwater Port, Shad waited for Luvia who was off work at the Prophet's Association in the evening and had dinner with her.
He mentioned his afternoon gains at the table and showed Luvia the three coins. The purple-eyed girl played with the coins under the bright lights of the restaurant and raised her glass to ask Shade another question:
"You mentioned last month that you couldn't go back to the past for three weeks because you used the Time Key in the wrong place. Look, today is Wednesday again, which happens to be the end of the third week. So, will you embark on your adventure again tonight?"
Shade had also considered this question. He looked at the band playing the famous song "Knight's Hymn" by Delarion on the other side of the first floor of the restaurant. He reached into his pocket and took out the key he had obtained from the witch's seal on the narrow mountainside:
"I have registered this key at the History Academy. It is dated 5177 of the Fifth Era. Even if I don't skip to the fourth grade at the end of the year, I will be promoted to the third grade. I need these practical credits."
"5177?"
The female fortune teller frowned slightly, not because she had any memory of the major events of this year - the things investigated by the academy were likely not encountered by Shade. The Fifth Era lasted a total of 5793 years, and the more than a thousand years after 4500 of the Fifth Era were called the end of the Fifth Era in the academic circles of the Sixth Era.
There is very little historical data on this period, but it is also a critical era for the change of eras. Considering the long lifespan of the Witch Emperors, even though 5177 is still more than 600 years away from 5793, it is very likely that it was the period when the second to last or third to last generation of Witch Emperors came to power.
Not to mention, the keys that Shade had used in the past went to Hope Town in 1068, Thousand Trees Forest in 3002, Dreadfort in 1784, Night Manor in 3014, and Dead Valley in 3024. The sixth key was too far away from the time of the first five, so Shade could not possibly meet anyone he knew, and it was even possible that his past experience would be useless.
"Are you going to use this key tonight?"
Luvia asked. Shade thought about it and shook his head slightly. Although the afterglow of divinity still existed and the first fire flowed in his body, he could not find the next drop of divinity. He did not want to rashly enter the past. When he met the blood-sucking god by the lake under Mount Xikar, he had proved that he could not face the god normally by relying solely on the state of afterglow of divinity.
But searching for divinity is a very complicated process. He doesn't have to wait until he gets the next drop before moving on. Instead, he wants to at least confirm that he has a clue before he goes on a time adventure. In this way, he at least has the most basic guarantee:
"I got some news recently and wanted to go to Huntington, Carson Creek to take a look."
Shade put away the key. At this time, the waiter came over with the dining cart. He picked up the red wine glass beside him and greeted Luvia. The girl with purple eyes also raised her glass and clinked it with Shade.
"I will postpone the use of this key for half a week. It will be used by this weekend at the latest. Otherwise, I will have trouble with my grade advancement during the winter."
After the waiter left, Shade spoke softly.
Luvia nodded and revealed the three coins hidden in her palm:
"I don't know what you're looking for, but if you run into trouble, don't forget to ask me for help. By witnessing the fate of each chosen one, I've become stronger."
Unfortunately, Luvia's special divination was ineffective only for matters related to gods. Shade planned to first determine what the "Lady of the Lake" was, and then decide whether to spend the coin.
So it was Thursday, and I was going to the Chade in Huntington today. While eating in the morning, I saw the details of Princess Margaret of Anjou's visit in the newspaper. Her Royal Highness will take a steam floating airship from Huntington City in Carsenrick on Saturday, and will arrive in Tobesk City around Monday afternoon, so some blocks will be under martial law and inspection starting today.
Xia De calculated the time and found that he had received an invitation to attend the wedding of Princess Mona Cavendish, the younger sister of Resia, on Monday night. He also wanted to join in the fun on Monday day. Therefore, he would be busy starting from next Monday.
"It seems like all the troubles in Huntington and Tobesk have come together."
In order to use the time key as soon as possible, he had to verify the information he got from Mr. Edmund as soon as possible. In order to obtain the next space signpost, Shade needed to sacrifice the white stone crystal, but fortunately he had already bought it at a high price from Coldwater Port.
However, the road signs obtained by offering sacrifices to the ancient gods are random. When rescuing the Augustus priest, Shade took the risk of borrowing the power of the keeper-level relic, the unfortunate man's long hair, and thus bore the negative effects of attracting the undead and suddenly having bad luck at a specific time.
This kind of illegal use of the unfortunate person's hair cannot be too frequent, otherwise the side effects will be greater. Therefore, Xia De will use other methods to improve his luck this time to accurately locate the space ancient god statue near Huntington City.
He did not find any power that could affect the space left by the ancient gods, so he could only influence himself.
Although the rituals, magic and spells of the ring wizards can affect luck, the impact is not enough to satisfy Shade. In order to reach the most satisfactory position at one time, this time he still needs to rely on the power of the relic, and Shade asked Father John from the pawn shop to find the relic after the Middlesbrough.
Although Father John was a bit stingy, as long as Shad could pay the gold pounds, he could always find a relic that met Shad's requirements.
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